NewsBrief January 1, 2025 A Year in Bling: The Top Celebrity Engagement Rings of 2024 From bold colored gemstones to massive diamonds, these designs showcased creativity, personal style and a touch of extravagance. The Diamond Industry in 2024 According to ChatGPT: Shifts, Scandals, and Trends We asked the popular artificial intelligence tool to list this year’s key developments. The Good, The Bad and the Synthetic: 2024’s Headline Buzzwords De Beers and lab-grown were among the most mentioned terms in Rapaport's news titles. Wait, What? Stories That Surprised Us the Most This Year From a halt in lab-grown to a major sale, these are the articles that made the news team say “wow” in 2024. News Digest Alrosa Expects Inventory Normalization, Turnaround in Demand and Diamond Prices in Coming Months (Interfax) The Seven Weirdest Jewelry Stories of 2024 (JCK) Signed Pieces, Antique Diamonds Spark Interest at Sotheby’s Auctions: Uni Kim (Solitaire) Events Rapaport Melee Auction January 21-29 New York & Dubai More Details Rapaport Single Stone Auction January 26 – February 12 Dubai, Israel & New York More Details Rapaport Melee Auction February 18-26 New York & Dubai More Details RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI™) Diamond Data Size Index Weekly Monthly Y2Y  0.30 ct 1,047 0.39% 1.00% -26.21%  0.50 ct 1,681 0.10% 0.84% -15.11%  1.00 ct 4,600 -0.08% -0.53% -23.10%  3.00 ct 18,262 0.18% 0.24% -17.07% Rapaport Investment Grade Diamonds

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